BE 542 Home Care Technologies II:Product Evaluation
Focuses on the multi-faceted evaluation process and provides students with tools for evaluating home health care technologies. Students are exposed to the underlying science and different aspects of product evaluation for key areas, with modules on biosensors and noninvasive technologies, objective human performance evaluation tools, and human usability and human error. Actual off-the-shelf products are evaluated, with the final project being team-based evaluations. Evaluation techniques include disassembly, technical engineering evaluation, user testing/usability evaluation, safety and risk management, economic considerations. Prerequisite BE 541 or consent of the instructor.
Prerequisite
Requires concurrent enrollment in BE 515